Vanity-box



F. S. HYATT.

VANITY BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1919.

Patented Nov. 11, 1919 "UNXTED STATES PATENT orrion.

FRANK s; HYAT'I, or BROOKLYN, N E'w YORK.

VANITY-Box.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. HYATT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity- Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vanity boxes or similar containers for toilet articles such as powder and rouge pads and lip-sticks and the like, the invention consisting more particularly in the manner in which the toilet articles are positioned in the container and the manner in which they are removably held therein.

The invention has for its object the production of a vanity or similar box having novel and eflicient means whereby the contents thereof may be properly and compactly positioned within the box.

The invention has for a further object the production of a box the constructionrof which will permit one of the toilet articles to be removably held in the box and to act as a stop or retaining means for preventing other of the articles from falling out of position therein.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear from the accompanying description, the invention consisting in the novel parts and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

Referring more particularly to the several figures of the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved vanity box.

.Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the cover in open position.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the lip-stick holder and powder puffs removed.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line H of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawing:

1 indicates the body of my) improved vanity box which is preferably constructed of thin sheet metal and which is also preferably provided with arcuate end walls as illustrated. Said body has hinged thereto a suitable cover 2 provided with a clasp. socket 3 adapted to engage a protuberance 4: which is struck out from the body whereby the body and cover maybe detachablyconnect ed together. Said body is also provided with-a seat or shoulder5 for engagement'of the cover and which actsas a stoptherefor.

.1 also prefer to mount a mirror (Son the inner side of the cover 2 although thisand I the similar details form no part of the in-' vention; and may be varied as-desired.

The mner portion of the body 2 is provided with a transverse partition or wall 7 intermediate the arcuate ends thereof and The top of the partition 7 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 11,1919.

Application filed May 23, 1919. Serial No. 299,147. a p i preferably lies in a horizontal plane slightly higher than the. plane. of the top of the rouge or powder carried by the pads 9 to prevent mixture of the two cosmetics when either or both are in use, as the movement toward the other pad of a powder puff rubbed across the surface of one of them would be limited by the partition.

10 indicates a lip-stick holder or similar device which is removably held by the spring ears 8',v and 11 indicates the usual powder pufi's which rest loosely on the powder or rouge tablets held by the pads 9 and which,

if desired, are adapted to be compressed 'thereagamst by the cover 2 when the same is in closed position.

As is obvious, when the cover 2 is in closed position the contents of the box are securely and compactly held therein and are prevented from being shaken around and becoming damaged. The space intermediate the powder pufis 11 which ordinarily would be waste space is filled. by the lip-stick holder which, when in normal position, or when held by the spring ears 8, serves'the function of holding the rouge or powder pads 9 in position and preventing them from becoming displaced even when the box is tilted or turned on end. Manifestly, my invention is not limited to the use of a lip stick holder as the member adapted to be engaged by the spring ears 9 but it may beany useful device or may be merely a retaining member although 1 preferably use a cosmetically useful member.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

1. In a vanity box, a wall fastened to and extending transversely across the box to divide the bottom thereof into two spaces each adapted to receive a rouge or powder holding pad snugly therein and spring cars at either side of the box adapted to receive a removable cosmetic holder in a horizontal plane above the horizontal plane of the rouge or powder holding pads whereby the latter will be retained by the cosmetic holder from displacement in the spaces formed by said wall.

2. In a vanity box, a wall extending across the box to divide the bottom thereof into two spaces each holding a rouge or powder holding pad therein and spring means associated with said Wall and gripping a lip-stick holder.

3. In a vanity box, a wall within the box extending across the same to divide the bottom thereof into two spaces each holding a rouge or powder holding pad therein and means associated with said wall and removably holding a cosmetically useful article.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this th day of May, A. D. 1919.

FRANK S. HYATT.

l/Vitnesses ETHEL B. BRILL, HAZEL BRILL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained tor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

